Os Elos Perdidos: A atuação feminina na diplomacia luso-brasileira, 1780-1822

40 | 2019

Rogério Farias

Instituto de Relações Internacionais da Universidade de Brasília, Brasil
​​​​​​​ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6678-0984

Missed links: feminine activities in Luso-Brazilian diplomacy, 1780-1822
In the last decades, the field of diplomatic studies went through a meaningful transformation. Part of this change results from the impact of gender studies, which disrupted traditional formalist analysis. This article is a first step towards the study of a specific group of women associated with diplomatic activities in Portugal and Brazil. Despite formally excluded from diplomacy, they performed important roles at the beginning of the 19th century. I will argue that this success was a result of the role they played in royal courts and the lack of a gendered division between work and home environments in the diplomatic arena.

Keywords

diplomacy, women, Portugal and Brazil, gender, 1780-1822

DOI: https://doi.org/10.22355/exaequo.2019.40.02
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